.Sirr."
Iaxartes.
v iltfll even- the month of the Oclius.or Te dj en has byrfome:!hgen confounded
with the Amu. .The whole couffe of-this noble fiver furpalfes
that' of the Tigris, being probably mot tiffs thauv^co B, 'fgles. It
, abóüaSs^i^ith W6 Ws*ï$J#fe fct>föï '* •
Betides the numerous tributary ftreams already ‘mentioned, three remarkable
rivejs join the Amu ; the So'g-d or river of Samareand, already
^mentioned ; the Morgab, which, however, according 'cèrffö'rfteV^lQftfta
a lake without any nutlet to- the Amu ; and at its eftuary the Kizil Daria;;
Or Red River, the 1-ongcft and mofl c. nlidcrablc rtreara, and of
which a branch feems to flow apart into the Aral.
The Sitf; or river of ShaCh, -alfo rifes in the mountam|‘:óf Belur, and
falls into the eailein fide of the fea of Aral, after a'cpurfe^f about 550
B. miles. . Ebn Hahka!, wbO:g |p § ^ curious acccSjunt Of tfliefe regions
in the tenth century, leaps this river the Chaje,1 According-1 o Iflenieff
•the furthiiï fo'jfrce of the Sirr is the river Marin, which, riles to the S.
oh the lake T.u'zkul in 'theichain of Alak, near, its j u’n.Gidn with the
Belur alps ; and-by the account of Paffi the fource is near that of the
riverTalia. ' The Narin itlfelf confifts of‘numerous' ftreams eal&dted
from the ridges; of Alak andArgun, bendingtto the.S.,\%^è the'’öjtker
rivers in this quarter flow in a north direction hut the Sirr, peculiarly
fo calletl m the map oftlflenieff, rifes in the mouhtainsi^r Terek Dafian,
-or Mórthern parf of theBeiar chain, where it.joins tïiat.ofAtak.i »After
palling Ande'glrf “and Cdj'end, the Sirr or Iaxartes runs^-. W.- by Tafti-
kuiid and Tuncaf,whereit iS jöined by a confiderahle river from thé E.
At Ötrar. it receives the river Tafaz, which by fo'me is fuppofed t'& be
the fame with the Talas above mentioned; but by '.others;a far more
inconfiderable ftream. The remaining courfe ‘ of the Sirr is chiefly
through the defart oF Burzuk; and it is doubtful if it be joined by-.the
Sarafu, a large river from the N., fo imperfect is the' geography of thefe
Tegionsf.which it is to beregretted that the Ruffians; or feme enterpriz-
ing travellers, do not inveftigate.
In the country poflefled by the Three Herds of Kirgulesafe alfo
.other confiderable ftreams, as the Dzui, which rifes on the N'. of the
lake Tuzkul; and the Irghiz and Turgai, which flow Into ,a lake on the
• N. of
Wê ê /K Ê /Ê Ê W K Ê K Ê ftÊ Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê ^
N. ‘okjtke Aral; ,fept,»tp mention-,i^ljjlffi^. pervading, the ftegp, o f the:
qf'th^fe^-l^sfand riv^rsy^now obfeure, are reT
markable.in.the hiffior.y o f .^ingis and his fepepjJofjsj when diredMpg(tbeir
epp^Juefts^to. the ,N. 1 o f ^th^|;G.afpia!n,_ itkey- ;fub'^pe(j.the gi-eaten part o f
Eptopean Ruffia.
, ?Tlje;.jnoft eonfipe^ablalakg/ is .th^feaj.qf j Aral, or?p f eagles, a<bjeady
naentionydi. in, "die dgeiierah ISith-is.dake eyer joined the
Caspian ir was-, probably as .between them. At^^pl^jnSvOf.
, g r e a p ? i o n , pSd a£ccu'ding;tq.j|b<m6 even mo^pt^nsy-but thprjetmay
have beep £61' ftwujt innhqdke<%ioat ,ofna fait lake -to.the N^Esyof nprt
If^pder.; To- infer that $ie Iaxartestdpce p ^ d ?in, this^edtiop. feems
an|i$le theqryly for as. it appear^ifrom.B^l^tiratithe^dlafpi^nf was apr
cien#jy fapmorp extenfiye,. i t is-, m or.p prphable| that tiej’^rd.flioUld^hayve5
forqled part of thq-Gafpian, than, that -.it.ffiould he a! lake qRreceqt, fornu-
a$G^.;,]kLs fuffieiently,dear,-from other.ckcumftances,,ffiat-|hkGreeks
and Romans,knety nothing-with pr^cifipn cokeeijni.ngt h p eaftern. ftyqrgs,
pffbip Gafpian, and Plinyffias acknowledged the d,efe$; and it is a vain
attentpt .ta recOncile modern knowledge -with, .anqi^dgpopap.e^;. Thp
lake Tengis, Badcafh, or Palkati, is near 14a B. miles in, length,;hy jhajf
that breadth, being the laygeft lake in Afta,rafter thefeasjof Aral and.
Baikal but this, with two other very cpnfiderahle,lakes to the E,, properly
belong' to the Kalm-uks: fubjedt,tp China. The lakes in the country
of; the'Kirgufes are.of lefs moment-.- ,In .the . feuthern regions; of
Great Bucharia the river Sbgd fprings from the lake. of Tharan, and
according to-fqm-e da lollyn, that;nf Karagol.- A lake at the fpot of the
BelurTs feeprfefented b-y fome as the fource of the Ortong yvhich flows
into the Ainu. The Morgab and Tedjen, rivers of Coralan, are, ac-1
cbrdlng, to' fdme, loft in lakes. When trayellerS ’explore the mountain-
oils region between. Great and Little. Bucharia, it is probable that many
lakes may be difeovered, as not.unufual in alpine-countries.
The principal range of fta-Ountaihs is that of Belur, which,-1 according
to all accounts, is a great alpine chain, covered with perpetual fiiowi*
’ It
Eafces-li
M
'Mountains.
Belur, ./
p: 1 1
v * fjShe.Mus Tag of G’ei
as he fays, called . <
1 1 1 1 I vj
1 the É> But t-hat
ip is a eliain running parallel1 to thé Belur,!(alfo, |
map, - thpughUdrprising for thé .time, fvvarms.